Qing Wai Wong questions the assumptions behind Medicaid work requirements policy, that everyone could pull themselves up by the bootstraps. Medicaid enrollees in states that have yet to expand Medicaid will face a unique challenge.

Public health, scientific, and academic writing are plagued by jargon and words that are so overused they become meaningless. PHP’s Associate Editor, Jennifer Beard offers a new spin on the recent “seven words” controversy.

Acute intoxication impairs judgment and makes individuals more vulnerable to becoming victims in homicides. A recent study by Naimi et al. finds that more restrictive alcohol policies could have a preventive impact on alcohol-involved homicides.

Life insurance has the potential to mitigate wealth disparities across race. Recent research by Harris and Yelowitz analyzed differences in life insurance holdings between whites and African Americans.

PHP sat down with Shari Rudavsky, health and medicine reporter for the Indianapolis Star, where she has reported on Indiana’s important public health issues, including the recent HIV outbreak and the opioid crisis.